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Panvel TalukaPatrakar Sangarsh

Committee de-mands cancelation

of lockdownextension

The Panvel TalukaPatrakar Sangarsh Com-mittee has demanded thePanvel City MunicipalCommissioner (PCMC),Sudhakar Deshmukh tocancel the extension of thelockdown which the civicbody has decided to ex-tend beyond July 16th…

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Strict actionagainst motorists

violating lockdownrules in Uran

Under Section 2 of theCommunicable DiseasesAct, 1897, as well as with allthe relevant provisions ofthe Disaster ManagementAct, 2005, the entire Urantaluka has been declaredas containment zone bySub Divisional Officer Pan-vel from 13th July 2020 at5.00 am till 16th July 2020at 12.00 pm. On behalf ofMora Marine Police Station,under the guidance of Se-nior Inspector of Police San-dipan Shinde of Mora Ma-rine Police Station, strictaction was taken against themotorists violating the rulesin Hanuman Koliwada inUran Mora within the limitsof Mora Marine Police Sta-tion on Tuesday..

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Death of cops in stateis a matter of concern:

Anil Deshmukh

State sees death of 4 cops

in 72 hours taking the death

tally of police force to 81

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Inspan of just 72 hours,four cops succumbedto Covid-19 taking thedeath tally of statecops to 81. NaviMumbai Head Con-stable AvinashDadekar (47) whoworked with coastalsecurity, succumbedto the virus onMonday, 13th July,2020 while undergo-ing treatment atFortis Hospital inVashi. He wasadmitted to hospitalon 18th June, 2020after he complained ofbreathlessness.Alarmed by the risingnumber of deaths ofthe cops in the state,the state healthminister Anil Desh-mukh said that “it isa matter of graveconcern”.

Covid-19 hasclaimed lakhs ofdeaths in the worldsince its outbreak inDecember in China.

The entire country isstill reeling under thedangerous pandemic.Four cops-JitendraBhalerao (38) at-tached with Valiv,

Navi Mumbai HeadConstable AvinashDadekar (47), TrafficASI Suresh Jadhav(55) and SpecialBranch-1 ASI AnilRanpise (57) died in agap of 72 hourstaking the death tallyof Maharashtra copsto 81.

Speaking with

NMMC to soon have independentCovid-19 testing laboratory at NerulNMMC run hospital at Vashi to treat other patients

By Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Takingnote of the demand putup by MLA GaneshNaik, the Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation(NMMC) will soon havean independent coronatesting laboratory in theNMMC hospital in Ner-ul. The laboratory willbe operational in thenext few days. The pa-tients will now be ableto receive prompt treat-ment on receiving time-ly test reports.

At present, swabsamples of citizens of

Navi Mumbai are sentto laboratories in Mum-bai. This causes a de-lay of at least two tothree days in receivingthe test report. Thiscauses delay in startingthe treatment for theCovid 19 patients. Keep-ing this in mind, MLANaik had suggestedthat the civic bodyshould set up its ownlaboratory with a ca-pacity of 500 tests perday. Accordingly,NMMC has undertak-en the task of settingup the lab and as per

the rules of ICMR, theinstitute which has thetechnology and man-power to conduct coro-na tests will be giventhe task of running thelaboratory.

Meanwhile, MLANaik on Monday held areview meeting withthe recently transferredMunicipal Commis-sioner Annasaheb Mis-al and reviewed themeasures undertakenso far to control coro-navirus.

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: In asurprise move on Tues-day, 14th July, 2020Abhijit Bangar tookover the charge as theCommissioner of theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) from Annasa-heb Misal at around12:30 pm.

It may be recalledthat earlier on 23rdJune, the MaharashtraGovernment had an-nounced the appoint-ment of 2008 batch In-dian AdministrativeService (IAS) officerAbhijit Bangar as thenew NMMC Chief butwithin 24 hoursfol lowing pol it ical

Abhijit Bangar takesover as NMMC Chief

pressure and also look-ing at the impressivework carried out byAnnasaheb Misal dur-ing COVID-19 thetransfer was stoppedand from 24th June,

2020 he was again re-instated as NMMCChief.

The new civic chief,Abhijit Bangar has

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

MUMBAI: Ministry ofRailways, with a goal oftransforming IndianRailways into GreenRailways by 2030 hastaken a number of ma-jor initiatives towardsmitigation of globalwarming and combat-ing climate change.Railway Electrifica-tion, improving energyefficiency of locomotives& trains and fixed in-stallations, green certi-fication for installa-tions/stations, fittingbio toilets in coachesand switching to renew-able sources of energyare parts of its strate-gy of achieving net zerocarbon emission.

Indian Railwayshas completed electrifi-cation of more than40,000 Route km(RKM) (63% of BGroutes) in which 18,605km electrification workhas been done during2014-20. Previously,only 3,835 km electri-fication work was com-pleted during the peri-od 2009-14. Indian Rail-ways has fixed a targetof electrification of 7000RKM for the year 2020-21. All routes on BGnetwork have beenplanned to be electrifiedby December 2023. In-dian Railways is focus-ing on electrification oflast mile connectivity& missing links. Withthis in mind 365 kmmajor connectivitywork has been commis-sioned during COVIDperiod.

Major connectivitycommissioned duringCOVID period like Kat-ni-Satna section (99RKM) of Mumbai-How-rah via Allahabad routehas been commissionedproviding an alternateroute to Howrah. Like-wise, Pachore-Maksi(88 RKM) section on In-

Indian Railways on ‘Mission Mode’ of becoming a"Green Railway" by 2030 with net Zero Carbon Emission

Electrification of all routes on Broad Gauge by December 2023

dore - Guna-Bina routehas also been commis-sioned providing an al-ternate route to Maksi-Bhopal-Bina. On How-r a h / S e a l d a h - S V DKatra via Patna route,Bhagalpur-Shivnaray-anpur (45 RKM) sectionhas been commissioned.On the route connect-ing Kariakal port tocoal, fertilizer & steelplants of Tamil Nadu &Andhra Pradesh,Thiruvarur - Karaikalport (46 RKM) sectionhas been commissionedproviding port connec-tivity to Erode, Coim-batore & Palghat.

Indian Railways hasalso taken a number of

a combined capacity of400 MW are under dif-ferent stages of execu-tion. Tenders are al-ready awarded for 245MW and target for com-pletion of these plantsis December 2022.

Besides this, IndianRailways is trying toproduce power from

Joint Venture Companyof Indian Railways (49% Equity) and RITESLimited (51 % Equity),has been mandated forproliferation of takingup land based project.

One project of 1.7MW at Bina (MadhyaPradesh) in collabora-tion with Bharat Heavy

ed under developermodel on 29th April2020 for 1.6 GW capac-ities in railway plotsfor open access states.In Phase II, 400 MWcapacities in railwayplots will be developedfor non open accessStates under owner-ship model of REMCL(captive use). For thistender has floated on16th June 2020. InPhase III 1 GW capac-ity in railway plotsalong the tracks underdeveloper model will beinstalled for open ac-cess States for whichtender has been float-ed on 1st July2020.

In the wind energysector, 103 MW wind-based power plantshave already been com-missioned. Amongthem, 26 MW is in Ra-jasthan (Jaisalmer), 21MW is in Tamil Naduand 56.4 MW is inMaharashtra (Sangli).Indian Railways hasalso planned to set up200 MW wind energyplants in next 2 yearsin Tamil Nadu, Gujar-at, Rajasthan and Kar-nataka.

Realizing its role inclimate change IndianRailways has started

other Green Initiativeslike 100 per cent LEDillumination of build-ings and stations. Indi-an Railways has alsoacquired Green Certifi-cation from CIII to 7Production Units(PUs), 39 Workshops, 6Diesel sheds and 1Stores depot. 14 Rail-way Stations and 21other buildings/ cam-puses have also beenGreen certified. Otherthan this 215 Stationshave been certified withEnvironment Manage-ment System (EMS)/ISO 14001.

Total 505 pairs oftrains have been con-verted to Head onGeneration(HOG), un-leashing approx 70 mil-lion liter diesel/ Rs 450crore per annum poten-tial of saving. EnergyEfficiency Studies of all8 Production Units &12 workshops havebeen completed underMOU with CII result-ing in 15% improve-ment in energy efficien-cy.

In the field of GreenInitiatives a total of69,000 coaches havebeen fitted with morethan 2,44,000 bio-toiletsin Indian Railways.

• Solar and wind energy to power the Railway electricity grid in a bigway

• Indian Railways has completed electrification of more than 40,000RKM (63% of BG routes)

• 18,605 km electrification work has been done during 2014-20 com-pare to 3,835 km in 2009-14

• 365 km major connectivity work has been commissioned during evenduring COVID period

• 100 MW of Solar plants have been commissioned on roof-tops of vari-ous buildings including 900 stations; 400 MW are under differentstages of execution

• Indian Railway has 51,000 hectare of land potential of installing 20GW land based solar plants

• One project of 1.7 MW at Bina in collaboration with BHEL has al-ready been installed

• In the Wind Energy sector, 103 MW wind-based power plants havealready been commissioned; planned to set up 200 MW wind energyplants in next 2 years in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Kar-nataka 100 per cent LED illumination of buildings and stations

• Total 505 pairs of trains have been converted to HOG, unleashingapprox 70 million liter diesel/ Rs 450 crore per annum potential ofsaving

• A total of 69,000 coaches have been fitted with 2, 44,000 bio-toilets inIndian Railways

land Based Solar instal-lations for runningtrains. Indian Railwayhas 51,000 hectare ofland potential of install-ing 20 GW land basedsolar plants. The Solarpower so generated willbe fed to Central / StateGrid or directly to 25kV AC traction system.Railway Energy Man-agement CompanyLimited (REMCL), a

Electricals Limited(BHEL) has alreadybeen installed and ispresently under exten-sive testing. This isFirst of its kind of so-lar project in the world.

Initially for theLand Based SolarProjects, Indian Rail-ways has taken up 3GW Solar Project inthree phases. In phaseI tender has been float-

initiatives to promotesolar energy. IndianRailways is working toharness the potential of500 Mega Watt (MW)energy through roof topSolar panels (Develop-er model). Till date, 100Mega Watt (MW) of so-lar plants have beencommissioned on roof-tops of various build-ings including 900 sta-tions. Solar plants with

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By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: Under Sec-tion 2 of the Communi-cable Diseases Act,1897, as well as with allthe relevant provisionsof the Disaster Man-agement Act, 2005, theentire Uran taluka hasbeen declared as con-tainment zone by SubDivisional Officer Pan-vel from 13th July 2020at 5.00 am till 16thJuly 2020 at 12.00 pm.According to the lettergiven by Sub Division-al Officer (Panvel) Dat-tu Navale to the Tehsil-dar of Uran, any person/ organization violating

Strict action against motoristsviolating lockdown rules in Uran

any provision of therules during this peri-od will be penalized un-der Epidemic DiseaseAct, 1897 and under theprovisions of other rel-evant laws and regula-tions under the Disas-ter Management Act2005.

Accordingly, on be-half of Mora MarinePolice Station, underthe guidance of SeniorInspector of Police San-dipan Shinde of MoraMarine Police Station,strict action was tak-en against the motor-ists violating the rulesin Hanuman Koliwada

in Uran Mora withinthe limits of Mora Ma-rine Police Station onTuesday. These includ-ed double seat on abike, not using helmet,driving without licenseas well as other vehicledocuments, drivingwithout reason etc. Ac-tion was taken as persection 188.

Senior Inspector ofPolice SandipanShinde, Sub-Inspectorof Police ChandraharPatil, Police ConstableBorekar, Police NaikD.R. Patil- a total of 8officers conducted thedrive.

By Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: ThePanvel TalukaPatrakar SangarshCommittee has de-manded the PanvelCity Municipal Com-missioner (PCMC),Sudhakar Deshmukhto cancel the extensionof the lockdown whichthe civic body has decid-ed to extend beyondJuly 16th.

In the letter ad-dressed to the PCMCcommissioner, the com-mittee Chairman,Nilesh Sonawane said,“Chief Minister of Ma-harashtra UddhavThackeray has an-nounced ‘Mission BeginAgain’ by relaxing thelockdown and allowing

business to start on cer-tain terms and condi-tions. Accordingly,some businesses werestarted but the corpora-tion administrationfailed to control the out-break of corona andhence a strict lockdownwas declared in PanvelMunicipal Corporationarea from 3rd July to14th July. However, asthe civic body failed tocontrol the spread of thevirus, the corporationhas again announcedan additional 10-dayslockdown, which willimpact the commonman as well as smallbusiness owners”.

He further pointedout, “The PCMC hasbeen abruptly extend-

Panvel Taluka Patrakar Sangarsh Committeedemands cancelation of lockdown extension

By Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Doc-tors and pharmaceuti-cal companies aroundthe world are conduct-ing various tests to con-trol the corona, and itis hoped that a vaccinewill be available soon.Currently, the increasein the number of coro-na patients in India,Maharashtra and NaviMumbai is alarming.Just as there is a needto boost the immunityof the citizens, there isalso a need to introduceplasma therapy for thesuccessful treatment ofsick patients. Thistherapy is proving quitesuccessful and the sameis being promoted bythe Government of Ma-harashtra on a largescale. Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation(NMMC) should alsotake initiative and fol-low plasma therapy,said Dr. Pratik Tambe,President, AdityaHealth and EducationSociety, Navi Mumbai.

He said, “It is veryimportant to spread in-formation about plas-ma therapy for Covi-19and patients who havebeen cured should comeforward and donate

NMMC should take initiative ofintroducing plasma therapy for

treatment of corona: Dr. Pratik Tambeplasma”.

“Corona patients aswell as their relativesare unaware of the plas-ma therapy and thereare myths as well. Thishappens because theydo not have completeinformation about plas-ma therapy. The

NMMC should spreadawareness on the fol-lowing:

1) What is plasmatherapy?

2) When can pa-tients who have over-come corona donatetheir blood?

3) How to removeplasma from donatedblood and make it use-ful for corona patients.

4) Banners and leaf-lets should be taken outto create a feeling inthe patients who haverecovered from coronathat you are doing so-

cial work in a way tocombat corona.

5) NMMC shouldstart an independentplasma center for thisin the blood bank of thecorporation.

6) NMMC has pro-vided phone numbers toprovide online informa-tion about varioushealth facilities andalso to start a helplinenumber about plasmatherapy in which theinterested plasma do-nor will get completeinformation.

7) In all governmentand private hospitalsand private dispensariesin Navi Mumbai, doc-tors should be asked toencourage their patientsto donate plasma and tocreate public awareness.For this, doctors shouldget some official infor-mation through the mu-nicipality.

“I am confident thatthe well-informed citi-zens of Navi Mumbaiwill definitely supportthis initiative of themunicipality and themunicipality shouldtake the appropriateinitiative to make NaviMumbai a role model inplasma therapy in thestate,” said Dr. Tambe.

Abhijit Bangartakes...

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served as MunicipalCommissioner of Nag-pur Municipal Corpora-tion (NMC) for 14months. He is a postgraduate in Economicsfrom Pune Universityand was earlier postedas Director in textiles.During his tenure asCommissioner of NMChe was instrumental inimproving the city’sranking under the“Swachh Bharat Mis-sion” and took the cityto top post under theSmart City Mission.

Former NMMCCommissioner Annasa-heb Misal, who was tak-en by surprise by thissudden move, whilespeaking with News-band said, “I wish thenew Commissioner andmy successor AbhijitBangar all the best andI know that he will car-ry out the good work.”

Abhijit Bangar whotook over the charge as

new NMMC Commis-sioner while interact-ing with the media said,“Just as my predeces-sor, I will also try mylevel best to control theCOVID-19 cases in thecity. I am confidentthat Navi Mumbaikarswill support me in myendeavour and togeth-er we will win the fightagainst coronavirus.Also I am confident thatI will get the support ofall the NMMC officialsand political outfits ofthe city.”

However, the sud-den transfer of theNMMC Commissionerhas not gone down wellwith some of the citi-zens, who feel that thestate governmentshould refrain fromsuch sudden transfersduring the time whenthe entire country istrying to curb the pan-demic and the officialsare trying hard to con-trol the spread throughvarious measures.

Varun Vij, Advocate,High Court and a resi-

dent of Navi Mumbaiinformed, “It is oftensaid that the reward ofhonesty in an organisa-tion is often humilia-tion or transfer. Some-times we wonder if it iseven worth being loyalafter hearing the newsof the transfer of a ded-icated person. Suchnews often leads to lossof faith in honesty andgood intent. After strik-ing off and being re-voked, the people ofNavi Mumbai breatheda sigh of relief when thetransfer of NMMCChief was halted butsoon followed the newsof his transfer againwithin 20 days. Thismakes us, as citizenswonder if this is actu-ally the price one has topay for doing a good jobfor your fellow beings asa responsible citizen ofthis great nation? Weoften talk aboutchange, but will theseillogical actions on partof the higher authori-ties ever enable us toreach the desired one?”

ing the lockdown, whilethe cases do not appearto be coming down. Sec-ondly, from 6th July2020 to 14th July 2020,the entire municipalarea has been closedand all shops exceptmedical and only homedelivery service of es-sential goods, havebeen allowed. This in-formation was releasedon the evening of July6, 2020 and was imme-diately implemented.However, the list of on-line home deliveryshops was not known tothe people. The Munic-ipal Corporation shouldhave prepared the listin advance, then such

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By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Bolly-wood Star Suniel Shet-ty has picked up a 20%stake for an undis-closed amount in StreetSmart - An Auto-Techventure founded byPandit Rathod makinganother investment ina series of investmentsduring the lockdown.

Coming closely onthe heels of Investmentin an Ed-Tech venture,Suniel Shetty has add-ed another Tech ven-ture in his portfoliowith this stake pur-chase. He is also an in-vestor in Fittr, Beardoand most recently inEd-Tech venture SEM-SI.

Street Smart is aunique tech venturewhich digitally con-nects automobile after-sales services andbrings it within the fin-gertips of the end-cus-tomers.

The Automobile af-ter-sales services is alucrative industrywhere asymmetry ininformation aboutavailability combinedwith lack of standardi-sation of prices worksto the disadvantage ofthe end customers.

Street Smart plat-form will bring underits fold Authorised deal-ers, Garage Ownersand End-consumers tobe the complete ecosys-tem for after-sales ser-vices across the coun-

try. The vehicle owners,the Transportation com-panies as well as cabowners are set to formthe bulk of the end-cus-

tomers and an app bythe name of StreetSmart is set to belaunched on 15th Au-gust 2020.

The app will notonly provide real timediscovery of streetsmart stations but alsoprovide service-basedsearches while ensur-ing transparency anduniformity in pricescharged to customers.The app is expecting 2million app downloadswithin a few months oflaunch.

Co-founder PanditRathod announcing thestake sale stated "We

are happy to have a se-rial Entrepreneur likeSuniel Shetty on boardas Investor. With awide range of Invest-ments in Tech-ven-tures, Suniel Shettybrings in expertise inthe domain. Moreover,the value proposition ofStreet Smart addressesas a genuine pain pointfor vehicle owners andwe are confident of see-ing regular demand for

services and highdownloads of the app."

Investor Suniel Sh-etty stated that "I havepicked up stakes in sev-eral Tech ventures withvaried business models.The stake in StreetSmart not just diversi-fies my portfolio butalso offers ease in find-ing Auto-solutions to theend customers. Themarket is already hugeand set to witnessgrowth in the upcomingyears and we are poisedto ride the wave of de-mand for the solutionsthe Auto-Tech ventureprovides".

Suniel Shetty takes 20% stake inautotech named Street SmartAutotech venture Street Smart is founded by

Pandit Rathod and it will launch on 15th August

By Dr. Neel

With the passage oftime I have realizedthat despite availabil-ity of abundance of fa-cilities, the biggestchallenge even themost influential &well to do are facing ismaintaining mentalhealth and happiness.This is where Ithought of sharing mymore than three de-cades of experiencewith principle centredlife with our readers tohelp them achievemental wellness &happiness.

Attitude of Learn-ing with an intent totake corrective actionis becoming a real bigchallenge for many. Ifwe understand anddecode the “Princi-ples” based on whichour brain functions,then reasons of ourstruggles and difficul-ties can be understoodand we can realistical-ly safeguard our men-tal health. Today peo-ple of all ages & classare facing various per-sonal challenges.

I have observedthat after birth, withthe passage of time thechallenges are in-creasing exponential-ly. Many children whowere performing verywell till grade 8 or soare now deeply strug-gling. The net resultis increase in depres-sion, anxiety, halluci-nation etc. Cases ofserious mental disor-ders like OCD, schizo-phrenia etc are on a

Mental health and happinessconstant rise. I am con-vinced that everyonecan have an excellentgrowth just by follow-ing “Principles of Moth-er Nature”. During myongoing research jour-ney and deep interac-tions with 3473 individ-uals, 143 top institu-tions I got enrichedwith various unscript-ed/unknown factorsabout mental health.

Passionate peopleholding top positionsand humble profession-als expressed their hon-est confessions on theirpast experiences, suc-cess and failures. Peo-ple who are presentlyleading a miserable lifeand enduring suffer-ings had the courage toshare honestly every bitof their experiences. Itwas a wonderful jour-ney of insightful learn-ing.

Some lessons learnt, Iwould like to share

aligned with Principles:• The first principle is

“Well begun is halfdone”. A clear men-tal picture before webegin anythingsurely can bringpeace and happinesswithin self and oth-ers. Every familyshould begin theday prayerfully andpowerfully. Abuses,complaints andblame games arebringing more andmore distress infamilies resulting innegative elementscreeping in.

• Only an extraordi-nary approach cantransform our mind-set from all types ofnegativities and pre-pare us to create awonderful dayahead. Every fami-ly should begin theday with a love filledhug and wishingeach other goodluck.

• The way we startour day has an im-pact on our entireday and if the daybegan with bitterfeelings or con-flicts, then manytimes it takeshours before onegathers self andcomes out of theconflicts experi-enced before leav-ing home.

• After our hecticday when we go tobed, we must loveeach other and ex-press gratitude tothe higher self andall the importantpeople in our lifewho helped us invarious ways. Be-lieve me this willmake our brain feelgreatly relieved,injecting manyreasons to be hap-py. Thoughts andfeelings, we carryjust before going tobed work wholenight in our Sub-conscious Mind.

• Positive thoughtsimprove mentalhealth and nega-tive thoughts causehurt and damage.

• Reflecting on thosethings which didnot go as per ourplans, should bedone at least 3hours before goingto bed and not justbefore going to bed.

• Making powerfulchoices are the keyto mental health.I have been help-

ing people redesigntheir life and I amhappy to tell you thatvery one can redesignlife at any stage andlead a fulfilling life.Never give up on selfis the key and seektimely help.

The writer is a consulting

councellor and Psycholo-

gist at Vedanta Health

Care & NMIMS, Kharghar.

During an interac-tion with the mediaMLA Naik said, “As sug-gested the corporationwill provide ambulanc-es in every ward to takepatients to the hospitalon time. Municipal of-ficials will try to pro-vide the benefits of Ma-hatma Phule Jan Aro-gya Yojana to the citi-zens in private hospi-tals. Vashi Municipal

Hospital will be a cov-id-free hospital by Au-gust and will be open fortreatment of all types ofdiseases. The corpora-tion has procured about40,000 antigen test kitsand they will be used inall the wards in phas-es. Necessary ventila-tors and oxygen facili-ties will be set up at theQuarantine Center atthe CIDCO ExhibitionCenter in Vashi”.

The municipal cor-poration will announcethe helpline number to

NMMC tosoon have...

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make the citizensaware of the availablebeds in various quaran-tine centers and hospi-tals. The civic body willstockpile the Remedi-sivir and other injec-tions required duringcorona treatment. Com-pared to other Munici-pal Corporations, thework of Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporationand Health Depart-ment is satisfactory butstill we are not 100 per-cent satisfied in this re-gard, he expressed.

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By Lakshman Sundar

NAVI MUMBAI: Vashi‘smulti-talented artisteSmt. Praveena Goutha-man has been doing asplendid service duringthese torrid times whenthe entire world is be-devilled with COVID-19by conducting work-shops and coachingclasses online and train-ing her students in mu-sic and veena. Numer-ous students are gettingthe benefits of learningfrom her who is both aversatile artiste and anexperienced guru. Asthe students came fromdifferent levels of expe-rience in music, theworkshops were pru-dently designed andmade easy for all. Theresponse has been tre-mendous with manystudents and culturalorganizations feeling theneed for more suchworkshops and coach-ings online from Smt.Praveena Gouthman.

Workshops

Two workshops wereconducted. The first oneon Sri.Swati Tirunal(1813-1846) who was theMaharajah a of thePrincely State of Tra-vancore and also a bril-liant music composerwith 400 musical com-positions to his credit inboth Carnatic and Hin-

dustani styles. The sec-ond workshop was acombined one on thelegendary music com-posers Sangeeta Kalani-dhi Sri Papanasam Si-

van (1890-1973) and Sri.Muthuswamy Dhikshi-tar (1775-1835). Manystudents participated inboth the workshops andthe attendance was full.

Smt. Praveena Gout-haman vividly demon-strated the import ofeight important kritisin Carnatic Music inboth workshops whichcomprised twenty-foursessions each of twohours duration.

By paying great at-tention to each student,making each and everystudent to sing eachline, correcting with ut-most patience wherever

is required and revisingin the next class, Smt.Praveena Gouthamanmade her students un-derstand the intricaciesand nuances of variousragas and sing themwith perfection, confi-dence and composure intheir renditions. Shetaught melodious kritiswith immense passionand remarkable clari-ty. They were a greatlearning experience for

the students.Being adept in play-

ing veena apart fromvocal Carnatic Music,Smt. Praveena Goutha-man trained her stu-

dents in veena also on-line. Online Classes aregoing with large partic-ipation on both in vocaland veena for Fine Artsand Natanapriya Acad-emy students twice aweek.

Accolades pouring in

Accolades are flow-ing in appreciation ofthe marvellous way inwhich Smt. PraveenaGouthaman conductedboth the workshops and

the ongoing online class-es.

“Hello maam, thankyou so much for teach-ing such wonderful kri-tis. It was a great expe-rience. I enjoyed eachand every session. Theefforts put in by you forteaching the kritis toevery individual wereexcellent. Looking formore workshops innear future. Once againthank you so muchma’am,” responded onestudent when askedhow she felt about at-tending the workshop.

“It was a wonderfulexperience to learn fromma’am. She taught usbeautiful kritis withpatience. Definitely ituplifted our moods dur-ing this tough time ofCovid19. I want to thankFine Arts Society for or-ganising such a wonder-ful thematic workshop.”

Students Feedback

Many students intheir feed back to theChairman of Fine ArtsSociety expressed inglowing terms abouttheir experience.

Dear Sir, GoodMorning We started ouronline classes rightfrom 25th of March.Praveena Ma’ampumps in a lot of ener-gy, enthusiasm n posi-tivity always. She also

goes the extra mile - onecan record n forward -n she will give her in-puts / corrections imme-diately. She spares noefforts to ensure welearn well online or oth-erwise. I consider my-self blessed to have aGuru, a mentor inPraveena Ma’am. I alsowant to thank Fine ArtsSociety and speciallyYou Sir for taking per-sonal interest in fur-thering the arts andwanting to take feed-back from us students

Parents Delighted

“I was doubtfulwhen I took up thisworkshop for mydaughter, whether shecan be able to cope upwith the online teach-ing style but the wayMadam Praveena madeit possible is marvel-lous,” said a parent of astudent. Other parentsshowered their encomi-ums on Smt. Praveenafor the simple and lu-cid style of her coach-ing.

Students and cultur-al organizations inter-ested in conductingworkshops and onlinecoaching classes maycontact Smt. PraveenaGouthaman on + 9199200 68672 Email:pgouthaman@yahoo.comThe writer is a freelancer

Vashi Artiste & Guru Smt. Praveena GouthamanTeaches Students Online During Lockdown

Vashi’s versatile artiste Praveena Gouthaman gives online coaching to her students

MUMBAI: Streamin’Music Group (SMG), arecord label founded byKeshav Bhardwaj(Klipr), recently an-nounced that they arenow accepting submis-sions from artists whowould like to be a partof their group. Originaldemos can now be sub-mitted on their website,streaminmusicgroup.com.

“I started SMG togive myself and my fel-low producers a plat-form, to showcase ourmusic to the world. AndI felt this was the righttime to start inviting

Streamin Music Group accepting submissions fromartists who would like to be a part of their group

producers for demo sub-mission as we wouldlike to give them achance to release theirmusic and also expandour artist roster and

music catalogue,” ex-plains Keshav Bhard-waj, Founder, Stream-in Music Group (SMG)

The submission isopen for any producer,

from any country. SMGis also not looking forany particular genre ofmusic. The producershave the freedom tomake music across the

dance music spectrumbut they want the pro-ducers to send theiroriginal work. “We areopen to both, fresh tal-ent and producers withpast releases,” Keshavadds.

Once the demos aresubmitted, SMG’s A&Rteam listens to thedemo. If they like thesong and feel that it fitstheir record label, theyget in touch with theartist to fulfil other for-malities from thereon.

“We would love to re-lease new music andsign new artists, so we

are not looking for aspecific number of pro-ducers. As long as wekeep receiving demosand feel that the songssit well with the label’sprevious releases, weare fine,” says Keshav.

There is also no lim-it to the number ofdemos submitted byone artist. “However,we would recommendthe artists to not sub-mit the same songmore than once andalso wait for atleast aweek before sending usa new track,” says Ke-shav.

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Issue : 32 15 July, 2020

Sushant was murderedThe year, 2020 seems to be one of the worst year for

the Bollywood film industry as we have lost a lot of bigstars like Irrfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Sushant SinghRajput, Saroj Khan and Jagdeep. This is definitely a great loss for theindian cinema.

The death of Sushant Singh Rajput has left everyone around the coun-try in a state of shock. Sushant was a bright, intellectual star but unfor-tunately, the vultures of Bollywood could not gulp down his success andbecame an enemy of a person who just wanted to entertain people andgaze out at the stars through his telescope.

Now they are covering up his murder making it look like a suicide.Jubel D'Cruz, Mumbai

Letter to the Editor....

Water conservation is the need of the hourThe realization that if corrective measures are not taken immedi-

ately, there is going to be acute shortage of fresh potable drinkingwater has finally dawned upon us. After air, water is the second mostessential lifeline for the survival of human beings. Nature createdadequate resources for their survival, however because of meddlingby the human beings, the resources have not only been polluted, theyhave also been depleted due to gross mismanagement. Pollution fromland-based sources is greatly affecting the aquatic biological resourc-es and biodiversity. Rampant use of pesticides is further making thefresh water resources unusable.

Though water is one of the replenishable resources, yet due to de-pleting green cover because of excessive deforestation and consequentreduction in rainfall, perennial drought like situation has been creat-ed in many parts of our country. It is because of this reason it hasbecome all the more important to conserve water, besides finding meansto replenish the aquifers. While each one of us can do our bit by con-serving water at home and being more cautious while using it, the realsolution lies in rainwater harvesting, which has to be followed reli-giously wherever possible.

Rainwater harvesting technique is two pronged. Firstly, by collect-ing rain water from roof tops and open catchment areas and storing inhuge underground sumps and secondly by arresting the surface runoff into the rivers and seas by constructing percolation chambers torecharge the aquifer. The former has a limitation that it can be adopt-ed only during monsoons. Besides, it requires huge investment by wayof construction of water retaining structures. The latter is a long-term solution and shall go a long way in making this vital resourceavailable for human consumption. Even for places like Mumbai/ NaviMumbai, where sub soil water is not potable in many areas, collectionof surface run off into artificially created lakes after treating themfor water retainment, can provide viable solution. This rainwater af-ter treatment can be used for all purposes. Further, the sewage treat-ment plants can be provided in the residential complexes as the recy-cled water can be used at least for washing vehicles and horticulturepurposes. Besides, this shall prevent pollution of water bodies intowhich this sewage would have been otherwise discharged.

Already the Hon'ble Supreme Court has intervened and taken leadin making it mandatory for the various organizations to implementthe rainwater harvesting. Even the bureau of Indian standards hascome out with code on this. Many state governments have made itcompulsory to have provision for rainwater harvesting schemes in theconstruction of complexes before the commencement and occupancycertificates are issued for the work. It is heartening that many of theschools, colleges and residential complexes are utilizing this techniqueand are thus contributing immensely in conserving water. The townplanning authorities should also implement this in letter and spiritand thus save the human civilization from evident disaster in makingon account of depleting water resources.

an order should havebeen issued or the infor-mation about the alter-native arrangementshould have been pub-lished. Many decisionsof the corporation havebeen taken withoutproper planning”.

Even after the com-plete lockdown, thenumber of Covid pa-tients in the municipalarea does not seem to

have decreased at all.It is further alleged

that while Municipaladministration, policeadministration, reve-nue department are allworking to bring thenumber of patientsunder control, there isno coordination be-tween the depart-ments. The MunicipalCorporation has is-sued orders that home

delivery services canbe provided. However,it has been observedthat the police depart-ment is taking actionagainst many homeservice providers. Themunicipal corporationhas resorted to thelockdown option but ithas been very difficultfor the poor, the work-ers, the wage earners,the middle class sec-tion, who are reelingunder great financialdifficulties.

Panvel Taluka Patrakar...Contd. from pg. 3

MUMBAI: Govern-ment of Maharashtrahas authorised HDFCERGO General Insur-ance Company to im-plement the PradhanMantri Fasal Bima Yo-jana (PMFBY) forloanee and non-loaneefarmers in the districtsof Palghar,Raigad, Dhule,Pune, Auranga-bad, Hingoli, Ako-la and Bhandarafor the Kharif sea-son of 2020.PMF-BY scheme in-sures farmersagainst any loss-es in crop yieldarising out of awide range of externalrisks such as drought,floods, dry spells, land-slides, cyclones, hurri-canes, pests, diseasesand others. For thepurpose of determiningthe loss in the yield, theState Government willplan and conduct CropCutting Experiments(CCEs) on the notifiedcrops in areas notified

HDFC ERGO General InsuranceCompany to implement the Pradhan

Mantri Fasal Bima Yojanafor the scheme. In casethe yield data, based onCCEs conducted, con-cludes to be low thenthe farmers will be con-sidered to have suf-fered a shortfall intheir yield for whichthe claims would bepaid to the farmers.

The scheme pro-vides insurance coverfor all stages of thecrop cycle includingpre-sowing, harvestingand post-harvest risks.All the products underthe PMFBY schemeare approved by theDepartment of Agricul-ture. Farmers from thedistricts of Palghar,Raigad, Dhule, Pune,

Aurangabad, Hingoli,Akola and Bhandaramay reach out to theirrespective banks, Com-mon Service Centres(CSCs) in their districtor contact the autho-rized HDFC ERGOagents to obtain the in-surance cover under

the PMFBYscheme for thecrops listedabove. The detailsof the validity pe-riod to obtain theinsurance coverwill be availablefor the farmers onthe website of theDepartment ofAgriculture. The

cut-off date to obtainthe cover under thisscheme is July 31st,2020.

The scheme will beimplemented in the dis-tricts for the crops no-tified under thescheme by the Govern-ment of Maharashtramentioned in the tablebelow:

District Notified Crops Cut-off date

Palghar Paddy , Ragi, Black GramRaigad Paddy, RagiDhule Paddy, Black Gram, Jowar, Bajra,

Ragi, Groundnut, Soyabean, Til,Moong, Tur, Cotton, Maize, Onion

Pune Paddy, Black Gram, Jowar, Bajra,Ragi, Groundnut, Soyabean, July 31st,Moong, Tur, Onion 2020

Aurangabad Black Gram, Jowar, Bajra, Soyabean,Moong, Tur, Cotton, Maize, Onion

Hingoli Black Gram, Jowar, Soyabean,Moong, Tur, Cotton

Akola Black Gram, Jowar, Soyabean,Moong, Tur, Cotton

Bhandara Paddy, Soyabean

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By Ashok Dhamija

After a three month wait, ZenFilm Productions is set to release yetanother short film saga under theOuija series banner, which specifi-cally delves into horror, mystery andthe supernatural. After the local suc-cess of social awareness short filmslike The Power, A Dark Tale, ThePeril and more, Specter is set to takepsychological terror to new heights.The ten-minute film sees a publicfigure, played by filmmaker andCEO of Zen Film Productions Zeno-far Fathima, struggling to overcomeher inner demons, as she sets out toexplore an unprecedented presence.The series is currently being filmedduring the Coronavirus outbreakwith all safety precautions beingadhered to, which is a rare feat formost filmmakers at this time.

Apart from the Specter seriesslated for release, Zen Film Produc-tions also has many projects in thepipeline, one of which is a short film

Zen Film CEO to star in a suspensefulshort film on psychological horror

that sheds light on a frontliner’s lifeduring the pandemic. “I am reallyexcited for all these new projects, asthese are not only unique in theirapproach, but are sure to be popularwith audiences of all ages”, sharedZenofar Fathima.

Zen Film CEO Zenofar Fathima will play alead role in a psychological horror shortfilm

Death ofcops...

Contd. from pg. 1

Newsband Correspon-dent the Home Minis-ter Anil Deshmukhsaid, “It is really amatter of greatconcern. 81 cops in thestate have succumbedto Covid 19. We aredoing our level best tocontrol the pandemicin the state and arecoming up withvarious initiatives. Wewill ensure that the

police officials whohave health issues arenot sent for outdoorduties.”

Sanjay Kumar,Navi Mumbai’s PoliceChief said, “It isdisheartening to seethat four cops suc-cumbed to Covid-19 inspan of just 72 hours.We need to inform allthe police force totake care of theirhealth during thistesting time. Thepandemic across thecountry is really

giving a tough timenot only to thecommon man buteveryone includingpolice force. We needto be fit and improveour immunity to fightthis dangerous virus.”

Earlier SanjayKumar twitted thattill 8th July, 2020,183 officers and menwere tested positive,out of whom 131 haverecovered and 52 arebeing treated and 101family members arerecovering.

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IMA, Maharashtra urges state government to increasethe use of Plasma Therapy for treating Covid 19

They appeal to make blood donation for plasma mandatory by all recovered patients

By Varda Sharma

NAVI MUMBAI: Inview of a rapid increasein the number of COV-ID-19 patients dailyand scarcity of essen-tial antiviral medi-cines, Indian MedicalAssociation, Maha-rashtra has appealedthe Government ofMaharashtra to in-crease the use of Plas-ma Therapy.

“The therapy wasthoroughly tested atvarious GovernmentMedical colleges andproved effective as a lifesaving measure in thepatients with hypoxiawho need Oxygen anda possible ICU admis-sion. However, it is notused frequently at var-ious treatment centresin Maharashtra. It issaid that, one of themain reasons being

non availability ofPlasma donors in suf-ficient number,” saysDr. Avinash Bhondwe,President, IMA, Maha-rashtra.

“Further, it is alsolearnt that the patients

recovered from COVID19 are asking hugeamounts to donatetheir blood. Hence,IMA, Maharashtrastate suggests the gov-ernment to make itmandatory for all thepatients who have gotcured from the deadlydisease, to donate bloodfor the Plasma Thera-

py,” he adds.To facilitate this pro-

cedure, IMA, Maha-rashtra suggests totake a mandatory un-dertaking from all thepatients to report on15th day after the dis-

charge or recovery.“Thereafter they can betested for the fitnessfor the Blood Donation.A separate plasmabank may be formed forthe procedure at everyplace with the help ofthe blood banks in thepublic as well as theprivate sector. The gov-ernment may make

this procedure of blooddonation for the plas-ma collection compul-sory as per the provi-sions of the 'EpidemicAct 1897 or a new Or-dinance,” adds Dr.Bhondwe.

“We at IMA, Maha-rashtra State stronglyfeel that the increasedavailability of plasmawill not only improvethe recovery rate of theCOVID 19 patients butalso reduce the mortal-ity in the state of Ma-harashtra,” says Dr.Pankaj Bandarkar,State Secretary, IMA,Maharashtra addingthat the citizens shouldnot see such compul-sion to donate plasma“as an autocratic activ-ity but an obligationtowards the humanityand commitment tosave human lives”.

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Monsoon woes : Ride, walk carefully,drains with missing slabs lie ahead!

By Arun Kr Shrivastav

NAVI MUMBAI: Thenotorious monsoon rainis peaking up in Mum-bai and because of thelockdown the civicagencies are not able tomaintain the roads anddrains leading to possi-bility of mishaps. Inparticular, drains withmissing cover slabs area major problem.

While the roads inUlwe were being givena new layer of tarmacbefore COVID out-break, the sudden lock-down left the work half-finished. So, many ofthe roads are in ex-tremely good conditionwhile some of the roadsare in bad shape withpotholes and pools ofmuddy water all overthe place.

“Just before the lock-down was imposed, thework of laying the roadin front of our societybegan, and suddenly ithad to be stopped be-cause of the lockdown.A massive drive of refur-bishing the black coat

was carried out in mostother sectors in Ulwe,”informs a resident inSector-8.

While most of theroads are in good con-dition, there are manystretches that have pot-holes and roadside

drains with missingcovers. After good roads,you don’t really antici-pate a sudden twist in

the quality of road sur-faces. That’s where ac-cidents are more likelyto take place.

“During my morn-

ing walks of around 5km, I have noticed atleast five dangerouslyopen manholes or miss-ing drain slabs, sealedby plastic cordon-offtapes. I have also no-ticed a couple of simi-larly open manholes ordrains with missingcovers which are notcordoned off. Thesespots are dangerous forboth bikers and pedes-trians,” he explains.

Because of the lock-down, vehicular trafficis mostly off the roadsbut many people arecoming out of theirhomes for walks.

“In these circum-stances when peopleare less careful andmore complacent, acci-dents are more likely.Also, the open man-holes or huge opendrains are dangerousfor stray animals. Someof these drains are 8 to10 feet deep,” says an-other resident of thesame locality.The writer is a freelancer

based in Ulwe